Saint of Killers wrote:How much fizzy stuff do you drink to have to be worried about it being good for you or not?

Anything more than zero cans is bad for you, tbh.

Very drole. The man asked a question. I answered.

We have bodies that were designed for a diet and lifestyle designed for conditions prevalent 40,000 years ago. Sugared drinks weren't part of the deal, let alone a litre or more of the stuff a day. It will only strawberry float you up.

jamcc wrote:I like Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sprite, 7 Up, Orangina... I like a variety as drinking the same stuff gets boring. That said, I don't drink them that often as I want my teeth to last my whole life, preferably, and want to maintain a reasonably healthy diet.

Just don't give me any of that Diet Coke or Pepsi Max type shite. The diet varieties are a con in that they're generally less healthy aside from the fact that they taste like toilet cleaner.

Diet drinks, Coke Zero and Pepsi Max are all awful and I often wonder if adverts making them look cool have actually brainwashed people into thinking they're nice. Otherwise, I'm simply baffled as to why people like them.

Prototype wrote:I'm averaging about 3 cans of Diet Pepsi a day at the minute.

When do you reckon I'll die, Atreyu?

Sooner than you would if you avoided chucking that stuff down your throat, good sir. And in the meantime you'll be more overweight and generally have worse health than if you avoided it entirely. #AtreyuPredicts

Foxhound wrote:Diet drinks, Coke Zero and Pepsi Max are all awful and I often wonder if adverts making them look cool have actually brainwashed people into thinking they're nice. Otherwise, I'm simply baffled as to why people like them.

jamcc wrote:I like Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sprite, 7 Up, Orangina... I like a variety as drinking the same stuff gets boring. That said, I don't drink them that often as I want my teeth to last my whole life, preferably, and want to maintain a reasonably healthy diet.

Just don't give me any of that Diet Coke or Pepsi Max type shite. The diet varieties are a con in that they're generally less healthy aside from the fact that they taste like toilet cleaner.

Diet drinks, Coke Zero and Pepsi Max are all awful and I often wonder if adverts making them look cool have actually brainwashed people into thinking they're nice. Otherwise, I'm simply baffled as to why people like them.

I don't drink Diet Coke because I think it'll have office workers drooling after me I like it over regular Coke because it doesn't taste like someone's poured a bag of sugar into the can. Regular cola drinks are just too sweet tasting for me.

Atreyu wrote:

Prototype wrote:I'm averaging about 3 cans of Diet Pepsi a day at the minute.

When do you reckon I'll die, Atreyu?

Sooner than you would if you avoided chucking that stuff down your throat, good sir. And in the meantime you'll be more overweight and generally have worse health than if you avoided it entirely. #AtreyuPredicts

Is it massively more unhealthy than all the other crap we stuff down our gullets (crisps, chocolate, pizza)?Another thing is that I also workout too so, you know... Proto's gonna cop it before me, yeah?I haven't had a can in *months*.

Saint of Killers wrote:Is it massively more unhealthy than all the other crap we stuff down our gullets (crisps, chocolate, pizza)?Another thing is that I also workout (running + weights) too so you know... Proto's gonna cop it before me, yeah? I haven't had a can in *months*!

Or, in other words "is this crap thing you could eat massively crapper than these other crap things we eat"? The smart money's on keeping clear of them all. You can do bloody well on diets that avoid them completely (or at least suggest you indulge only on rare occasions) -- books by Art de Vany, Loren Cordian and Tim Ferriss are very good on this front.

And yup, you do want to be keeping yourself in shape as well. Try not to look too cheerful at Proto's funeral, though. Tends to go down poorly.

jamcc wrote:I like Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sprite, 7 Up, Orangina... I like a variety as drinking the same stuff gets boring. That said, I don't drink them that often as I want my teeth to last my whole life, preferably, and want to maintain a reasonably healthy diet.

Just don't give me any of that Diet Coke or Pepsi Max type shite. The diet varieties are a con in that they're generally less healthy aside from the fact that they taste like toilet cleaner.

Diet drinks, Coke Zero and Pepsi Max are all awful and I often wonder if adverts making them look cool have actually brainwashed people into thinking they're nice. Otherwise, I'm simply baffled as to why people like them.

I don't drink Diet Coke because I think it'll have office workers drooling after me I like it over regular Coke because it doesn't taste like someone's poured a bag of sugar into the can. Regular cola drinks are just too sweet tasting for me.

TBH, I was (slightly tongue in cheek) referring more towards the Max and Zero 'This drink is so EXTREME' adverts.